Irwin Parallel Clamps

[THyman]

These must be new. Does anyone have any experience with these? They look like a cross between the Bessey K body and Jet.


24" is $29
48" is $38

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...New%20Products

[sweensdv]

No experience with these new clamps but I have had some with the Jet clamps. After using the Jet's I'm sold on them and you can get them here, http://www.internationaltool.com/woo...et-clamps.html for less money than the Irwin deal at Rockler's.

[ragswl4]

No experience with these new clamps but I have had some with the Jet clamps. After using the Jet's I'm sold on them and you can get them here, http://www.internationaltool.com/woo...et-clamps.html for less money than the Irwin deal at Rockler's.

Yeah, get the Jets. Top rated parallel clamp in a recent test in one of the WW mags. I have Besseys but will buy Jet when I need more. Thanks for the link to the Jets.

[Stormbringer]

No experience with these new clamps but I have had some with the Jet clamps. After using the Jet's I'm sold on them and you can get them here, http://www.internationaltool.com/woo...et-clamps.html for less money than the Irwin deal at Rockler's.

Another vote for the Jets w/o a doubt.
Funny thing with this link to International Tool. The price changes from what's posted when I click the image (not for the better either )

Amazon has the cabinet maker kit (2 24"ers and 2 40"ers) with blocks for $119. This is the best deal I've seen since Rockler sold the same kit for $89 a couple times over the past year.

[Jeffrey Schronce]

Like others I agree the Jet clamp is the best. However, I scored tons of Bessey 2440 kits for a touch over $60. I really like them for that price! Word on the street says that the Irwins are really nice, though not as thought out as the Jet clamps.

[sweensdv]

Another vote for the Jets w/o a doubt.
Funny thing with this link to International Tool. The price changes from what's posted when I click the image (not for the better either )

Stormbringer, you're absolutely correct, they do have two prices for the Jet clamps on their website. Unfortunately, the higher price is the one that goes to the shopping cart. I have purchased all of my Jet clamps from them at the prices shown on the link I posted so I'm thinking that they just increased their prices on these. Probably because they've sold a ton of them because the lower prices were beating the pants off of everyone else's prices, including Amazon. The last batch I got from them came directly from Jet while all my other orders were shipped from their warehouse.